Your three finalists for Chicago Bears Head Coach are...

**soulman** · 01-13-2013, 11:23 AM

Originally Posted by Sulleymon

the problem with trestman is maybe the game has passed him by. the NFL changes quickly and if you're out of it for too long, it could be that what worked for you 12 years ago won't work now.

as for clements, i don't see why he doesn't have the same amount of seasoning as say, chuck pagano or mike mccarthy, guys with a year of coordinator experience who were offered HC jobs.

i too, think mccoy is the frontrunner. but if we can get a dynamic offensive mind in here, we can start beating up on that terrible packers defense again.

If he was that far out of the loop I doubt Indy and Cleveland would have shown the interest they did. Pagano narrowly beat him out for the HC job at Indy. Besides he'll have an OC with more current NFL experience.

The real interest in Trestman centers around his rep for developing QBs and before Emery makes an expensive long term commitment to Cutler I think he wants a guy here who can work with him and either improve his game dramatically or say that it can't be. Trestman has that rep and has HC experience going for him.

I'm not saying Tom Clements isn't a good candidate but I don't believe he's the best candidate is all. The Packers run a WCO style system and I don't see that as being a style that fits Cutler all that well and he's never played in it before so that constitutes another major change for him. The less we have to ask him to adapt to yet another complete overhaul the better.

Besides I think we're both gonna get our wish. If the second interview with McCoy goes well I think he's the guy for a lot of reasons age being one of them. The others are his ability to wrap his offense around the existing talent as he's done in Denver which mean less change of Cutler and maybe Bates sticks around too in order to smooth the transition.

He also has similar skill players in Denver to what he'd have here and he uses his TEs effectively in the passing game and Emery has already made some comments about improving that situation. McCoy will do that and Cutler will benefit from it. I also believe he'd institute a zone blocking scheme like he uses in Denver which would be a better fit for both the lineman we have and for Forte.

The final advantage is that he may be willing to keep the defensive staff intact which is something I believe Emery prefers at least as far as 2013 is concerned. I agree with that approach to it as well. It'll help smooth the transition for the Lovie defenders on the D.

I really think Trestman may have been his fall back in the event the Broncos kept winning. Then McCoy becomes unavailable until well after Emery's self-imposed deadline for the hire and even then with a SB appearance and maybe even a victory is McCoy then harder to get and his other top prospects gone to other teams.

There may be another idea brewing as well and that is for the right $$$ would Trestman consider coming back to the NFL as an OC and work with Cutler? That's not entirely out of the question since I doubt Trestman makes anywhere near as much in the CFL as a top NFL OC gets. It's a maybe at best but it's still a maybe.

I think withing a few days, maybe Thursday at the very latest we're gonna know and it seems to me that Clements is still in the hunt so who knows. Emery isn't anywhere near as predictable as JA became.

**bearsinhouston** · 01-13-2013, 11:27 AM

I honestly did not see much that impressed me from McCoy last night. Maybe just me. Thought he ran when he should have passed at times.

**soulman** · 01-13-2013, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

I honestly did not see much that impressed me from McCoy last night. Maybe just me. Thought he ran when he should have passed at times.

They use a lot of play action with Manning and need the runs to set that up. Actually they ran pretty well considering who they were running against.

The fact that he uses play action is one of the things I like about him. Tice ignored that and when you have backs like Forte and Bush it should't be ignored. Tice simply didn't have a clue of how to design and run an offense. he was learning on the fly and stayed way too basic. He left a lot of possibilities on the table.

**MPBears68** · 01-13-2013, 11:44 AM

Is a McCoy-Trestman HC-OC duo a possibility or a "never happen"? It seems to good to be true.

**bearsinhouston** · 01-13-2013, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by soulman

Tice ignored that and when you have backs like Forte and Bush it should't be ignored. Tice simply didn't have a clue of how to design and run an offense. he was learning on the fly and stayed way too basic. He left a lot of possibilities on the table.

Oh yeah. No doubt about that.

**soulman** · 01-13-2013, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by MPBears68

Is a McCoy-Trestman HC-OC duo a possibility or a "never happen"? It seems to good to be true.

I wouldn't call it probable but anything is possible. I think it would all depend on how bad Trestman wanted back into the NFL and whether or not he saw that as a step down from his current situation. I don't think it's very likely though.

**bearsinhouston** · 01-13-2013, 12:20 PM

What is going to complicate this for us is that players like McCoy are now officially available. I just read that the Cards were now going after him hard. The Eagles and Browns are also getting aggressive.

I think those guys are able to make a decision right away. We still have a second round of interviews to go through, so will take us at least another half week. A few days into next week at the VERY minimum.

Hope it all comes together for us. I do think this is the plum coaching job, but when an offer is put on the table these guys may go for it.

BTW, Angelo is now a stronger candidate for the Jets. They are now going back to candidates that have turned them down and asking them to reconsider. I also read they are bringing Angelo back again. No one wants that job with Ryan there. They have a real problem.

**BearStuff** · 01-13-2013, 12:32 PM

I don't think this is a bad hire for them. Chudz was a hot candidate a couple of years back, just barely losing out on the Tampa job when Raheem Morris got hired.

Anyway, we'll see him the 4th preaseason game (we always play Cleveland in the 4th preseason game).

**MPBears68** · 01-13-2013, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

What is going to complicate this for us is that players like McCoy are now officially available. I just read that the Cards were now going after him hard. The Eagles and Browns are also getting aggressive.

I think those guys are able to make a decision right away. We still have a second round of interviews to go through, so will take us at least another half week. A few days into next week at the VERY minimum.

Hope it all comes together for us. I do think this is the plum coaching job, but when an offer is put on the table these guys may go for it.

BTW, Angelo is now a stronger candidate for the Jets. They are now going back to candidates that have turned them down and asking them to reconsider. I also read they are bringing Angelo back again. No one wants that job with Ryan there. They have a real problem.

Living here I can tell you the Cards are in a similar situation as the Bears, just worse. They melted down after a 4-0 start. They have a pretty solid D but a terrible O and (if you can believe it) an OL even more inept than ours. They also lack a QB outside of Kolb who has been disappointing and hurt the last 2 years.

Other than needing a serious QB prospect, they are going to be competing with us big time everywhere else ...for a HC, OC, and OLs. Excepting their higher draft positions, I would think we would have a distinct advantage. We have the better starting QB, better RBs, and the better WR corps (Arizona's only real offensive weapon is Fitz). Not to mention the franchise prestige and national television exposure differential. I would think that McCoy or whoever would find the Chicago opportunity a lot more appealing and plausible as an offensive-turnaround.

Cleveland hired a HC already and the Eagles job doesn't look much rosier than the Arizona one.

**bearsinhouston** · 01-13-2013, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by MPBears68

Cleveland hired a HC already and the Eagles job doesn't look much rosier than the Arizona one.

Oh, that's right. The Chudmeister

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